College Corner: Area Football Players Make Their Marks with Brown and Tracy Leading the Way

(Nov. 29, 2009) - Stone Bridge High School grad Devon "Y'Lou" Brown wrapped up an impressive redshirt sophomore campaign at Wake Forest with eight receptions for 82 yards and two touchdowns in the Demon Deacons season-ending 45-34 win over Duke on Saturday.

Wake Forests ends with a 5-7 record that easily could have been 10-2 as the team lost two overtime games (Boston College, Georgia Tech) and three games by three points or less (Baylor, Navy, Miami). Brown was second on the team in all purpose yards with 1,039 total including 150 rushing and 671 receiving. He led the team in receptions with 61 and he averaged 5.1 yards per punt return and 23.1 yards per kickoff return.

Brown's former Stone Bridge teammates, Mike Olsen and Zach Thompson redshirted this season for Wake Forest and Thompson's brother Patrick will make it four former Bulldogs at Wake when he enrolls in January.

At William and Mary, Potomac Falls grad Adrian Tracy has led The Tribe to a 10-2 record and a 38-0 win over Weber State Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs. William and Mary advances to the quarterfinals for the fourth time in school history and will play at Southern Illinois next Saturday.

Tracy, am All-CAA defensive end, has 68 tackles on the season, including a team-leading 20 for losses and 11 sacks. Thanks to Tracy, WM has one of the top rush defenses in the nation and he ranks in the Top 10 in the nation in TFL and sacks. The senior is a serious contender for the Buchanan Award given to the top defensive player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (aka Division I-AA).

Another SB grad, Ryan Moody, had his promising season with The Tribe halted after two games after he broke his ankle. Moody, a redshirt freshman, was later injured in a car accident that will lengthen any comeback. There are two other Stone Bridge products, freshman linemen Dexter Strong and Trevor Springman are also on The Tribe roster.

Yet another Stone Bridge grad, Andrew Nuss, is a junior offensive lineman at Notre Dame. Nuss has been in a back-up role for the Fighting Irish that has four seniors starting on the 0-Line this season.

And finally, one more Stone Bridge grad, Brian Slay, has played in 10 games as a defensive tackle for North Carolina State as a true freshman with one tackle, three assists and two quarterback hurries.

And congrats again to Heritage grad Nick Cadwell, who as a walk-on for West Virginia, earned the right to dress out for the Pitt game which the Mountaineers won in an upset, 19-16, on a last-second field goal.